- 7 hours ago
First broadcast 17th April 1976.
A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a sadistic killer.
Carroll Baker - Sandy Marshall
T.P. McKenna - Frampton
Maurice Kaufmann - Derek Marshall
Ronald Lacey - Bartlett
Max Mason - Tom Packer
Ian Gelder - Small
Brenda Cavendish - Betty Tyler
Martin Benson - Spiros Lemke
Margo Reid - Laura Lemke
Anita Sharp-Bolster - Mrs. Bluther
Paul Haley - Doctor
Andrea Allan - Janet Cunningham
Martin Fisk - Mr. Sheldon
Alan Gerrard - Mr. Firth-Benham
Dorothea Phillips - Mrs. Firth-Benham
Felicity Harrison - Mrs. Adams
Patsy Dermott - Barbara
Sally Harrison - Joyce
A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a sadistic killer.
Carroll Baker - Sandy Marshall
T.P. McKenna - Frampton
Maurice Kaufmann - Derek Marshall
Ronald Lacey - Bartlett
Max Mason - Tom Packer
Ian Gelder - Small
Brenda Cavendish - Betty Tyler
Martin Benson - Spiros Lemke
Margo Reid - Laura Lemke
Anita Sharp-Bolster - Mrs. Bluther
Paul Haley - Doctor
Andrea Allan - Janet Cunningham
Martin Fisk - Mr. Sheldon
Alan Gerrard - Mr. Firth-Benham
Dorothea Phillips - Mrs. Firth-Benham
Felicity Harrison - Mrs. Adams
Patsy Dermott - Barbara
Sally Harrison - Joyce
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00:00:20Harry, be a darling and bring me some ice, will you?
00:00:24If this weather keeps up, we should take off and find a stretch of beach somewhere.
00:00:28It's melting.
00:01:13You've got yourself a bad one, Frampton.
00:01:17Particularly bad.
00:01:19What do you make of it?
00:01:20Doesn't appear to have been any sexual assault.
00:01:24Dislocation of the cricoid cartilage.
00:01:28Enteroposterior tracheal compression.
00:01:31Causing asphyxia.
00:01:36He kills her, then he wrecks the place.
00:01:40We both know what that means, don't we?
00:01:43I'll send in my report as soon as I can.
00:01:48Thanks.
00:01:49What did he mean?
00:01:52How would you like a nice, long, cool drink?
00:01:54I mean, a large pint now would slake your tusks, wouldn't it, I bet?
00:01:58I suppose.
00:01:58I thought so, yes, yes.
00:02:00He kills her, you see, but it wasn't enough.
00:02:03No.
00:02:04He still had enough going for him to want to wreck the place.
00:02:07That's what he meant, son.
00:02:08Oh, killer's psychotic.
00:02:09And insatiable.
00:02:46Oh, yes, of course.
00:02:47We went in.
00:02:48The spring was only just beginning.
00:02:49Oh, careful.
00:02:51Watch it.
00:02:51There you are.
00:02:52There you are.
00:02:55There you are.
00:03:16Hey, Sandy, I thought it was another week yet.
00:03:19Oh, you can't keep a good girl down, she cracked their crawler way up.
00:03:22You must come by and fill me in on all the latest scandals, I guess.
00:03:25Just as soon as I can.
00:03:27Great to have you back.
00:03:28Bye.
00:03:29Bye.
00:03:34It's such relief to be out of hospital I can't tell you.
00:03:38You should be in a way far too long.
00:03:40You couldn't have chosen a lovelier day.
00:03:42How did you do it?
00:03:44I just picked up the telephone and died for a heatwave.
00:03:52I've put the luggage in the bedroom, sir.
00:03:54Welcome back, Mrs. Marshall.
00:03:56I do like your hand.
00:03:59If there's anything I can do...
00:04:01You know the two worst things about being in the hospital?
00:04:04This weather.
00:04:05My first chance to get a suntan.
00:04:07In London, and me in bed.
00:04:09And the other?
00:04:09They had no air conditioner.
00:04:11Yesterday I thought I was being poached.
00:04:15Oh, it's so cool here.
00:04:17But then it should be the rent we pay.
00:04:19Say, did that good-for-nothing janitor of ours fix the waste disposal?
00:04:22They did.
00:04:23Oh, then I owe you money.
00:04:26Remember, I bet he wouldn't be able to.
00:04:29Oh, Derek, it's beautiful.
00:04:32Just beautiful.
00:04:33Would you take my things, love?
00:04:35I hope you don't mind that I don't have my wedding ring on.
00:04:38It's just that it catches in the chair.
00:04:40And could you see if you put the luggage in the bedroom?
00:04:42Darling, darling, please stop prattling.
00:04:44You've been doing nothing but prattle, prattle, prattle all the way here.
00:04:48Just relax.
00:04:49Enjoy it.
00:04:49Oh, I am so glad to be home.
00:04:51Gosh, I missed it all so much.
00:04:55Champagne!
00:04:55The doctor said you should have this twice a day before meals.
00:05:00Well, why not?
00:05:01It's purely medicinal.
00:05:02It's not every day that a man welcomes his wife back from the dead.
00:05:07From the almost dead.
00:05:10I would have died, too.
00:05:15Who's that?
00:05:20Hello, car.
00:05:21Is she home?
00:05:22Yes, come in.
00:05:23Hello, Sandy.
00:05:25Sandy, Sandy.
00:05:26Good to see you.
00:05:27How good to see you.
00:05:28How young you look.
00:05:30How good.
00:05:31We know you had a whole florist in here.
00:05:33Just in time for the champagne.
00:05:35They're lovely.
00:05:36You look so well.
00:05:38Doesn't she, Spirits?
00:05:39It's magnificent.
00:05:40You look terrific.
00:05:41Now, look, don't worry.
00:05:42They told me I'd be out of this chair just as soon as my back is healed.
00:05:46They promised.
00:05:47Better.
00:05:48I promised myself.
00:05:49Darling?
00:05:50Well, we would have come to see you more often, but Spirits has been so busy.
00:05:53You know what men are.
00:05:56Oh, thank you.
00:05:57Tell me, will she really get out of that thing?
00:06:00Oh, yes.
00:06:01They practically guaranteed it.
00:06:03Remarkably.
00:06:04The car was almost cut in half, wasn't it?
00:06:06I'd rather not talk about this.
00:06:09I don't know.
00:06:09These photos are out.
00:06:11I'll be there.
00:06:12I'll be there.
00:06:12I'll be there.
00:06:14Hello?
00:06:17Hello?
00:06:19Who is that?
00:06:21This is the Marshal's flat.
00:06:23Who did you want?
00:06:25Hello?
00:06:29Well, either that thing isn't working or someone pressed the wrong button.
00:06:33It happens all the time.
00:06:33Oh, no, it could be it isn't working or a lovable, useless janitor Bartlett.
00:06:39I'm going to have to complain about him.
00:06:40Derek, I was just saying to Sandy, we're flying over to the villa next weekend.
00:06:44I see so little of Spiros lately.
00:06:46He's always out making these mysterious deals.
00:06:48Mysterious?
00:06:49Oh, well, you do keep the most extraordinary hours, darling.
00:06:54Anyway, it's a way of pinning him down.
00:06:56Why don't you two come over and help me keep him, then?
00:06:58Even if it is only for a few days.
00:07:00Yes, my pilot can fly you back.
00:07:02I'd love to.
00:07:03Could we, darling?
00:07:04Mm-hmm.
00:07:05Maybe, if you feel up to it.
00:07:08But I feel fine.
00:07:10Of course you do.
00:07:11And it'll do you the world of good.
00:07:13Both of you.
00:07:14I'll go over a seat.
00:07:24Bartlett, the ventilation system's not working again.
00:07:27It's not one.
00:07:27Are you going to come and see to it?
00:07:29Bartlett?
00:07:31Bartlett, are you there?
00:07:35Bartlett?
00:07:38Next weekend, the public holiday.
00:07:39Oh, well, there you go.
00:07:41Oh, please, darling.
00:07:42Sandy, I must say that I envy you.
00:07:43I would pay a quarter of a million beautiful dollars for those.
00:07:48I don't find money beautiful, Spiros.
00:07:50Only useful.
00:07:51Can you buy me out of this chair?
00:07:54I like that, Sandy.
00:07:56That's good.
00:07:56Yes, that's very good.
00:07:58Cheers.
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00:08:00Cheers.
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00:10:26Court castlage. Two this time. Throttled.
00:10:30Hm? Well, I told you, lad.
00:10:34Insatiable. And the whole city is oyster.
00:10:37He can go anywhere he wants, and we don't have a single lead on him.
00:10:41I'm always assuming it is the same man.
00:10:43Oh, it's the same man, all right.
00:10:47Same digital impressions. Extremely powerful mandibles.
00:10:51Anything else, then?
00:10:52Hm? No. Unless you want my theory.
00:10:56No, no, no. I've got enough theories of my own. Thanks, Doc.
00:10:59Thanks.
00:11:05What kind of theories?
00:11:07I was lying. To keep up appearances.
00:11:10I don't have any theories at all.
00:11:13Except one. What's that?
00:11:16He'll do it again.
00:11:18Hello, miss.
00:11:20Oh, hello, Bartlett. I saved these for you.
00:11:25Thank you very much, miss.
00:11:27Another nice day again, eh?
00:11:28Yes.
00:11:29I like weather like this.
00:11:31All the girls come out and they're pretty flimsies, don't they?
00:11:34I like weather like this.
00:11:36Oh, by the way, my hot water tap's playing up again.
00:11:39Have a look at it for me, will you?
00:11:40Certainly, miss. I'll see to it.
00:11:45I could come up and see to it now, if you like, miss.
00:11:49Uh, no. Some other time will do.
00:11:51It's the one in the bathroom.
00:11:54All right, miss. I'll see to it.
00:12:02The police are convinced that this double murder and the other earlier this week are definitely linked.
00:12:07They urge that women in the London area exercise particular care before admitting strangers.
00:12:15The weather. The heat wave continues, and so does the exodus from the towns.
00:12:20The coastal roads are jam-packed with traffic, and when they get there, the beaches are jam-packed.
00:12:26It's terrible.
00:12:27Oh, you're telling me.
00:12:30It seems like every idiot is on the road and heading out of town.
00:12:33No, I mean the murders. Three girls.
00:12:36Oh, yeah.
00:12:37Would you like something to drink?
00:12:38Oh, yeah, something long, tall and ice cold.
00:12:42Lager would be nice.
00:12:43Right.
00:12:45Yeah, I heard it on the news.
00:12:47Good for the papers.
00:12:49Whipping it up into a rain of terror, they're full of it.
00:12:54I'll make a killing, all right.
00:13:04How's my girl?
00:13:05Hot.
00:13:06The air conditioner's acting up again.
00:13:08Oh, no.
00:13:10Did you talk to Bartlett?
00:13:12Yes.
00:13:13He came up, looked at it, kicked it, and reeled away.
00:13:16Reeled?
00:13:17Yeah, he was half stoned again.
00:13:19Oh, God.
00:13:19I am gonna have to write to someone about him.
00:13:21Well, later, huh?
00:13:23After the holidays.
00:13:27Boston all over again.
00:13:29What?
00:13:30The Strangler.
00:13:33Oh, yeah.
00:13:35That fella's got some way to go before he equals that record, though.
00:13:40Sandy, I know it's a holiday here.
00:13:44But not in Beirut.
00:13:46What?
00:13:48My Lebanese client.
00:13:50He flies in on Saturday.
00:13:52Oh.
00:13:54Oh, no.
00:13:55Oh, I'm sorry, darling, but I have to meet him.
00:13:58Just to settle him in.
00:14:00It's a formality.
00:14:02Listen.
00:14:03He should be at Laura and Spira, or Sunday at the latest.
00:14:08It'll mean you spending Saturday alone.
00:14:10Do you mind?
00:14:11Yes.
00:14:13But it is your business.
00:14:16And business is business, I suppose.
00:14:18And very important to me.
00:14:21I want to be able to fly you away to invite friends.
00:14:25Well, now, don't start that again.
00:14:27It's not just the money.
00:14:30I have to make my own way to be an independent success.
00:14:35If you say so.
00:14:38That's my girl.
00:14:47We're gonna have to get you out of that champ pretty soon.
00:15:09I have to make my own way to be a good friend.
00:15:09She was lucky.
00:15:10This morning can be said for Ross.
00:15:12I mean, he tried, didn't he?
00:15:13He tried.
00:15:14He didn't succeed.
00:15:16So?
00:15:18He'll have to try again.
00:15:28Well, it's something.
00:15:29It's nothing.
00:15:30I mean, hold it that way, it could be me.
00:15:32That way, it could be...
00:15:36by the way what were you doing yesterday well you know very well i was on duty that was a
00:15:42joke a
00:15:43joke and in very poor taste too yes very well is she uh all right very lucky that's what i
00:16:02said
00:16:05nothing your end well well it's nothing worth reporting on no didn't you talk to her of course
00:16:11and what did you make of it hmm the mother bit the what she didn't tell you
00:16:20well maybe she forgot mother well he said it twice with his hands around her throat
00:16:26i'll help you mother he said it twice oedipus complex
00:16:33mother fixated but they taught us that at police college some killers are mother fixated
00:16:38are they that's very interesting well go on go on go on well surely at police college they didn't
00:16:43elect to teach you how to catch one of these mother fixators hmm he's going to do it again
00:17:02now don't forget we'll expect to see you in the next few days and tell derek not to go making
00:17:08deals with foreigners during the holidays i will have fun
00:17:16i'll get you out of that chair yet whatever it costs bye bye bye see you tomorrow right
00:17:34what an extraordinary marriage poor sandy poor derek he envies you i envy him
00:17:48but when we get to the airport there could be a message waiting for me
00:17:52oh just business i may have to send you on ahead
00:17:58you and derek are the absolute end it's always business first
00:18:05yes i'm on my way now oh i'll blame cool all right no hard sell yeah see he settles in
00:18:14he's got everything he wants then hit him with a really big business uh next week oh sure i understand
00:18:28figures well the ones you gave me plus the new quotes
00:18:37okay all right bye
00:18:46is this tie all right hmm fine why i have to wear a tie on a day like this because
00:18:52you're a respectable
00:18:53english businessman and respectable english business men always wear ties no matter what
00:18:57the weather and never suffer from heat stroke i suppose mad dog's an englishman
00:19:04oh sandy i'm sorry to have to go off like this don't worry i ought to be here with you
00:19:12you sure you can manage now stop worrying or you'll lose your concentration and spoil the deal
00:19:18and this deal is important isn't it very all right darling i'll be back as soon as i can i
00:19:26promise
00:19:30just a little sweetener for our lebanese friend you never know we might just swing the deal thanks
00:19:37good luck thank you
00:19:47darling back as soon as i can promise
00:19:54lebanese lebanese derek if he's a muslim he won't drink he might even be offended
00:20:07derek derek
00:20:40well done lad nice keep you fit by jove the police college would be proud of you
00:20:52this one's no good these are all hard cases
00:20:56most of these have a history of vicious attack well our man has our man has just started something
00:21:00snapped in him he was pushed too far and he snapped now if he'd snapped before we'd have heard of
00:21:06him
00:21:06before wouldn't we huh now our man if he's in here at all would be a a petty offender
00:21:14oh some nasty little action i mean a protest against society the establishment or he tried to molest
00:21:21to go in the park probably hasn't done any time at all yet better for the fine probation at most
00:21:31that sounds more hopeful uh-huh yes
00:21:43come on start reading what you think we should be out don't you constant vigilance step up the patrols
00:21:51start looking yes looking for what for whom
00:21:56look you don't think i want him to kill again do you
00:22:01and we have as much chance with this as with anything
00:22:08besides what else could you be doing on a lovely day like today
00:22:11i mean think of it swimming blazing in the sun well nothing nothing useful hmm come on
00:22:25stop reading
00:22:35malibu or bondi or any other exotic beach where people just sprawl in the sun and have fun
00:22:39but it's england foggy wet england enjoying the longest and hottest heat wave since records began
00:22:46and enjoy is the key word it's holiday weekend and it seems that everyone the whole population of
00:22:52the big cities is heading towards the sea like so many lemmings
00:23:23no
00:23:24har rzeczé is the last straw
00:23:57Oh, my God.
00:24:37Bartlett?
00:25:03Bartlett?
00:28:02Hello? Who is it?
00:28:04Hello?
00:28:06Who is it?
00:28:08Hello?
00:28:09Special delivery.
00:28:10Okay, come up.
00:28:14Come up.
00:28:41Here we go.
00:28:47You're stupid.
00:28:48We shall probably get stuck in a traffic jam for hours.
00:28:50No, since everyone else is bearing away, why not us?
00:28:53Yes.
00:29:28Let's go.
00:29:57Let's go.
00:30:24Betty.
00:30:25Sandy, I suddenly remembered you were up here all alone.
00:30:28I bought these magazines today and wondered if...
00:30:30Whoops!
00:30:31Well, I won't get around to looking at them for some time.
00:30:34They might help you be a little less bored.
00:30:35Yes, thanks.
00:30:37You expecting someone?
00:30:38Oh, special delivery.
00:30:39I guess it's something for Derek.
00:30:41I let him in, but I forgot to say which floor.
00:30:44You didn't see someone looking lost and baffled, I suppose.
00:30:47Well, no, the foyer was empty when I came in.
00:30:50He must be trying every floor then.
00:30:52Unless the lock's jammed.
00:30:54It has several times.
00:30:56Bartlett?
00:30:57Bartlett.
00:30:58I hate to think he's still standing out there waiting, but surely he would have buzzed
00:31:02again.
00:31:03Well, that thing doesn't always work either.
00:31:05Hello?
00:31:07Is there anyone there?
00:31:09Can you hear me?
00:31:11Hello?
00:31:12Hello?
00:31:13Sandy, I really must dash.
00:31:14I'm going out for dinner tonight.
00:31:16If I don't get under a cold shower soon, I think I'll faint away.
00:31:18Okay, and thanks for the magazines.
00:31:20You're welcome.
00:31:20Oh, and Betty, when you're finished, why not pop up and have a drink with me?
00:31:24I'd welcome the company.
00:31:26Right.
00:31:27Give me half an hour.
00:31:28I'll be right back.
00:31:29Hello?
00:31:31Look, the lock may have jammed.
00:31:33I'm going to press it again, okay?
00:31:35Okay, come on.
00:31:35Hey?
00:31:51Hey, honey.
00:31:52Hey?
00:31:54Hey, honey.
00:31:59Hey!
00:32:04Hey?
00:32:05Hey?
00:32:08Oh, you want Mrs Marshall? She's upstairs.
00:32:50He is trying every floor.
00:33:28One, one, three, seven, two, seven. Carson, Arthur John.
00:33:34Two convictions, molestation, posed as door-to-door salesman, serve three and nine months.
00:33:42One, one, three, seven, two, eight. Collins, Frederick Albert.
00:33:48Nine convictions, common assault, all minors.
00:33:52Oh, he's currently serving two-year sentence. Carry on, lad.
00:33:56We don't seem to be getting... We've got a lot to get through.
00:33:59One, one, three, seven, two, nine. Crenton, Philip.
00:34:06Seventeen convictions, common assault, he cut off girls' hair.
00:34:10Why would he want to do that? Maybe he wanted to stuff a sofa.
00:34:14Skip every one over forty. No. Forty-five.
00:34:19Why?
00:34:20Our man's powerful. In its prime.
00:34:23Oh, plenty of fifty-year-olds still strong enough to...
00:34:25Well, you've got to play some haunches, haven't you?
00:34:27Besides, fifty years old is a bit late in the day to start turning killer, isn't it?
00:34:31No. Our man's younger. I'm gambling on it.
00:35:01There.
00:35:25A special delivery?
00:35:28On a holiday?
00:35:29Okay.
00:37:20Yes!
00:37:25Who is it, honey?
00:37:26I don't know.
00:37:27You tell me.
00:37:28Who are you?
00:37:28Hey, just a minute.
00:37:29What do you want?
00:37:31Here!
00:37:32Honey.
00:37:33Come on.
00:37:35Honey.
00:37:35What goes on when I'm not here?
00:37:38He wasn't expecting to find me here today, was he?
00:37:40Honestly, honey, I swear to you.
00:37:42I've told you before.
00:37:43Oh, honey, baby, I swear.
00:37:45Ow!
00:37:45I swear to you.
00:38:23All right.
00:38:48All right.
00:39:27Oh, Mrs. Bluther, is your phone working?
00:39:30I know we've never met. I'm Sandy Marshall just along the hall. My phone is out of order and I
00:39:35was...
00:39:35I never meet anyone.
00:39:37Oh, please, if I could just use your telephone.
00:39:39I just want to be left alone.
00:39:41I know, but this is terribly urgent. Look, I let someone into the block a while back, a man, and
00:39:47he never arrived at my flat. I know it sounds silly, but he could...
00:39:51I don't have a phone. Why should I? I never meet anyone or talk to anyone.
00:39:58Mrs. Bluther!
00:39:58I just want to be left alone.
00:40:29Oh.
00:40:30You're just being silly. Your nerves are shot after the accident. Anyway, Derek will be home soon. You're just being
00:40:42silly.
00:40:50I'm sorry.
00:40:54Whoever it is should have been here by now.
00:41:08Betty.
00:41:09Betty.
00:41:11Betty.
00:41:11Betty.
00:41:12Betty.
00:41:13Betty.
00:41:14Betty.
00:41:41Betty."
00:41:42Oh, my God.
00:42:21Betty?
00:42:26Betty?
00:42:30Betty?
00:42:31Betty!
00:42:33Betty!
00:42:35Is something wrong?
00:42:37I live one floor up.
00:42:39I heard you shouting.
00:42:43There is something wrong.
00:42:45You live upstairs?
00:42:47Yeah.
00:42:48Third floor.
00:42:49Apartment 3B.
00:42:51My name's Packer.
00:42:52Tom Packer.
00:42:54You still haven't told me what's bothering you.
00:42:56Oh.
00:42:57I guess I was just being stupid.
00:42:59You were making a hell of a racket about it.
00:43:03Oh, Betty doesn't answer, Betty Tyler.
00:43:05Oh, the pretty girl.
00:43:07I've only seen her a couple of times, but then I've only just moved in myself.
00:43:13Well, she's probably out.
00:43:15Her car's still outside.
00:43:18Then she's walking or she took a cab.
00:43:20Is it important?
00:43:22I thought so.
00:43:24No, I guess not.
00:43:26Oh.
00:43:33Betty was carrying groceries.
00:43:36Well, it looks like she dropped one.
00:43:38Well, if she'd gone out again, wouldn't she have seen it?
00:43:42Well, I don't know.
00:43:44You didn't.
00:43:46Anyway, she said she was gonna take a shower and then come by and have a drink with me before
00:43:50going to dinner.
00:43:52Maybe she changed her mind.
00:43:56Women do change their minds, you know.
00:44:00Look, maybe she was taking a shower and didn't hear you.
00:44:19Well, she definitely isn't home.
00:44:23Hey, look, tell me, what is bothering you?
00:44:26Well, I let someone into the block, a man, a while back, and he never arrived at my apartment.
00:44:34Well, have you been reading the newspapers?
00:44:38The Strangler.
00:44:40Oh, I see.
00:44:42So that's what's getting you so het up.
00:44:44The Strangler.
00:44:45And he's right here in this block, is he?
00:44:50Well, I said it was stupid.
00:44:52Mind, it's not all that stupid it could have been.
00:44:55Well, he looked like an ordinary delivery man to me.
00:44:57The chap I saw up on my floor.
00:44:59Ordinary enough.
00:45:00Nothing sinister about him.
00:45:02Oh, third floor?
00:45:03Yeah.
00:45:04Well, why did he ring my bell?
00:45:06Ah, it's an old trick.
00:45:07They're always in a hurry, so they stick a big paw over all the buttons
00:45:09and then the first one that answers, well, in they go.
00:45:14Packer.
00:45:15Tom.
00:45:16I haven't seen you before.
00:45:18And I haven't seen you before.
00:45:19But I told you, I've only just moved in.
00:45:22I didn't think it would be this exciting.
00:45:25Oh, I'm sorry.
00:45:27That's all right.
00:45:28I'm Sandy Marshall.
00:45:29Hi.
00:45:30It's just that suddenly this whole block seemed like a morgue.
00:45:33But now I've met you.
00:45:36And I'll be here the whole weekend.
00:45:37Good.
00:45:38Hey, let me do that.
00:45:41No, I can manage.
00:45:43No, no, no, no.
00:45:43I'm an old hand.
00:45:48There we go.
00:45:52Okay.
00:45:54Um, which floor?
00:45:55Six.
00:45:56Right.
00:46:07My mother spent ten years of her life in a chair.
00:46:14The last ten years.
00:46:26It's the end door.
00:46:27Oh, okay.
00:46:29My phone's out of water.
00:46:31That worries me, too.
00:46:33The lines have probably melted.
00:46:34I don't think England's equipped for this kind of weather.
00:46:37It's this door.
00:46:41Now, trust a woman.
00:46:42You're scared stiff.
00:46:43You think there's a killer on the prowl
00:46:45and you run off and leave the door wide open.
00:46:49Would you mind?
00:46:50Okay.
00:47:07Would you like me to check every room?
00:47:10You make me feel foolish.
00:47:12I want you to feel secure.
00:47:17The least I can do is offer you a drink.
00:47:21I think I was on the verge of complete panic.
00:47:29Vodka or whiskey do?
00:47:32Whiskey will do fine.
00:47:33And don't bother pouring more than one.
00:47:35The flat's completely empty.
00:47:36Just you and me.
00:47:38Ha, ha.
00:47:57I don't know what you Americans say, but, um, your health.
00:48:01Oh, that'll do just fine.
00:48:04Oops.
00:48:08Good old England.
00:48:09True to form.
00:48:10I think it's gonna rain.
00:48:11Well, whatever it is, that breeze is welcome.
00:48:17Tell you what.
00:48:19If it does rain, that'll...
00:48:22That'll send them all scuffling back home again.
00:48:31What was I saying?
00:48:32You were toasting my health.
00:48:35Oh, yes.
00:48:38Yes, health.
00:48:46Tell me about your mother.
00:48:48Did she suffer much?
00:48:51Ten years is a long time.
00:48:54It was a long time ago.
00:48:55Oh, I...
00:48:56I haven't thought about it that often.
00:48:59Not really.
00:49:01But seeing you, it sort of brought it all back to me.
00:49:06I hope it's not a life sentence.
00:49:08Oh, I'm sorry.
00:49:09Oh, no.
00:49:10I don't mind talking about it.
00:49:12Not to you, anyway.
00:49:13No, they said a year at the most.
00:49:16Maybe less.
00:49:17It all depends on me, on my determination.
00:49:19In that case, you'll make it.
00:49:25How did it happen?
00:49:27A car accident.
00:49:29My own fault.
00:49:30I've always wanted a sports car.
00:49:32The best money could buy.
00:49:35So, then on my birthday, I bought myself one.
00:49:37And drove it too fast and too recklessly.
00:49:41And the brakes failed.
00:49:42The brakes failed?
00:49:43On a new car?
00:49:44Mm-hmm.
00:49:45Didn't it have dual braking circuits?
00:49:47I suppose so.
00:49:49You know about cars.
00:49:50Well, I used to work in a garage.
00:49:52You should have sued them.
00:49:53Dual braking circuits.
00:49:54It's a fail safe to have both go at the same time.
00:49:56Well, it's freaky.
00:49:57You should have sued.
00:49:58I mean, brakes shouldn't fail in this day and age.
00:50:00It had just come from the garage.
00:50:02Derek picked it up and drove it home and he didn't notice anything.
00:50:05My husband.
00:50:07Oh.
00:50:07He may be here soon.
00:50:09Anyway, you'll meet him sometime.
00:50:12Still pretty freaky.
00:50:15Well, freaky or not, it put me in this chair.
00:50:19I'm lucky to be alive.
00:50:23Yes.
00:50:25Minor assault.
00:50:26Mother died.
00:50:27He went berserk and attacked the nurses.
00:50:30Nothing serious.
00:50:31Suspended sentence.
00:50:34505-289.
00:50:38Courier.
00:50:39Ernest John.
00:50:40Two convictions.
00:50:41Assault with a deadly weapon.
00:50:43Knife.
00:50:43Attacked two girls and...
00:50:45Mother died?
00:50:47No.
00:50:47Don't mention a family at all.
00:50:49No, no, no.
00:50:49The one before that.
00:50:50His mother died.
00:50:51He went crazy and...
00:50:52And he attacked the nurses.
00:50:54Let me see that, will you?
00:50:55Come on.
00:50:56All right.
00:51:00Get me the file on this bird, will you?
00:51:02Do you think he may be the...
00:51:04I think we have to chase every little thing, no matter what.
00:51:07I mean, it mentions mother, doesn't it?
00:51:09And he mentioned mother, didn't he?
00:51:10All right, Oedipus.
00:51:12Off you go.
00:51:16Get yourself a drink.
00:51:17You're running out of voice.
00:51:18Yes.
00:51:18Right.
00:51:20There's one thing I don't quite understand.
00:51:22Oh?
00:51:23Well, you bought the car for your birthday.
00:51:26Yes.
00:51:26Well, why you?
00:51:27I mean, why didn't your husband buy it?
00:51:30Well, he's not quite where it's at yet.
00:51:32You know.
00:51:33He's doing very, very well.
00:51:35Insurance.
00:51:36Making good money.
00:51:38But it doesn't quite stretch to brand new sports cars yet.
00:51:41And as you've got some money of your own, you treated yourself, right?
00:51:45Yes.
00:51:46Lucky girl.
00:51:52Was he... Derek?
00:51:54Was he in the car when it happened?
00:51:57No.
00:51:58Funny.
00:52:00Not really.
00:52:02He handed me the keys and said,
00:52:04here's your brand new toy.
00:52:06He had to call the States.
00:52:07And you were itching to drive it so you took off on your own?
00:52:10Yes.
00:52:13Nothing wrong with it when he drove it back, though?
00:52:17No.
00:52:18Funny.
00:52:21Accidents happen.
00:52:22Yes, but I've never known an expensive model like yours have brake failure before.
00:52:25I mean, not like that.
00:52:27Well, there's always a first time for everything.
00:52:30Yes.
00:52:31Yes, of course.
00:52:36What do you do?
00:52:38For a living, what do you do?
00:52:40Certainly not insurance, anyway.
00:52:42He does quite well, does he, your husband?
00:52:44Oh, yes.
00:52:44He's in line for a big promotion soon.
00:52:46I expect you'll learn a lot in insurance.
00:52:48They must come up against all sorts of gags.
00:52:52Gags?
00:52:52Ways to fake things.
00:52:54I mean, lots of people try to defraud insurance companies, but they are pretty smart.
00:52:59Yeah, work in insurance and you'd learn what to do.
00:53:03What not to do.
00:53:05I'm sorry?
00:53:06Well, things like arson.
00:53:07I mean, when a big company burns down just before it goes bankrupt.
00:53:10And accidents.
00:53:12And preferred terms for next of kin.
00:53:14I expect he carries a pretty heavy insurance cover on you, doesn't he?
00:53:17And you're wealthy in your own right.
00:53:18Mr. Packer, I'm not sure where this is leading.
00:53:21Oh, I'm sorry.
00:53:21I was thinking aloud.
00:53:23Letting my imagination run wild.
00:53:25I've got to try and curb that, my imagination.
00:53:28Well, it can get me into trouble.
00:53:33It has done.
00:53:36He attacked those nurses with his bare hands.
00:53:39Quite a strangler.
00:53:40Dislocation of the cricor.
00:53:42A mechanic of Theda worked in that clock factory.
00:53:45Likes machines, wheels.
00:53:48Currently a TV repairman living alone.
00:53:53TV repairman.
00:53:55They get easy access.
00:53:57Always making house calls.
00:53:58Let's go and pay him a call.
00:54:01Well, there's still hundreds of files to go.
00:54:02There is a time, son, when you've got to throw away facts and follow blind instinct.
00:54:05Now, I know they don't teach that at police college.
00:54:07Well, they ought to.
00:54:10Where's his address?
00:54:13Come on.
00:54:14Come on.
00:54:23Of course, it might have been negligence.
00:54:25The car, or maybe the hospital.
00:54:28What?
00:54:28Well, it could be.
00:54:29I mean, you never know these days.
00:54:30People don't seem to take care anymore, to take any pride.
00:54:34When you were brought in, you could have been put in the hands of some student nurse.
00:54:37She did the wrong thing.
00:54:37I can assure you, I had the very best of treatment.
00:54:40Yeah, but just the same.
00:54:41You never know.
00:54:41I mean, how many people are crippled or even dead because of some minor step up in the treatment?
00:54:47Not in my case.
00:54:50No.
00:55:14Well, it's been very nice talking to you.
00:55:17It really helped to pass the time.
00:55:19I bet you've got nice legs.
00:55:21Long, shapely, I bet.
00:55:23Oh, well, if I do say so myself, they're considered one of my best features.
00:55:29I'll take your word for it.
00:55:31Well, you don't have to.
00:55:32I have photographs, pre-accident.
00:55:34Would you like to see them?
00:55:35I'm sorry.
00:55:36I didn't...
00:55:36Oh, don't be.
00:55:37A girl in my position?
00:55:39I can use all the admiration I can get.
00:55:41They were taken last year in Barbados.
00:55:44Oh, that was a fantastic vacation.
00:55:46Three weeks of just lying in the sun.
00:55:58Well, don't keep me in suspense.
00:56:00Well, they're not all that good.
00:56:03You let me be the judge.
00:56:11Well, not good.
00:56:13They're fantastic.
00:56:14They're great.
00:56:15You live on the third floor.
00:56:16Hmm?
00:56:17Apartment 3B, you said.
00:56:19Yes, that's right.
00:56:19This one's very good.
00:56:21You must know the Daveries, then.
00:56:23Hmm?
00:56:23The Daveries.
00:56:24They're an elderly couple.
00:56:25They've been here longer than anyone.
00:56:27Oh, yes.
00:56:27Oh, you do look.
00:56:28Yes, nice people.
00:56:28Of course you would, wouldn't you?
00:56:29They live right across.
00:56:30Right across the hall.
00:56:32Do you know, these are very good, Mrs. Marshall.
00:56:35You're a very attractive woman, do you know that?
00:56:38Very attractive.
00:56:40And I was right about the legs.
00:56:41They're long.
00:56:43Long and beautiful.
00:56:48Beautiful.
00:56:48Would you like another drink?
00:56:49Oh, no, thanks.
00:56:51Three and I go berserk.
00:56:52I can't hold my liquor.
00:56:58When are you expecting your husband?
00:56:59Oh, any minute.
00:57:00I expect him now, as a matter of fact.
00:57:02I thought you said you didn't know when he'd be home.
00:57:05Did I say that?
00:57:05Oh, no, any minute now.
00:57:07Look, I've kept you long enough.
00:57:08You must have other things to do.
00:57:09Oh, no, no.
00:57:10I've got all the time in the world.
00:57:11And besides, I like it here with you.
00:57:13I really am worried about Betty.
00:57:15Betty?
00:57:15Betty Tyler down on the second.
00:57:17Yes, she promised to come up and have a drink with me.
00:57:19But you tried.
00:57:20We tried.
00:57:20She wasn't home.
00:57:21I know, but she might be back by now.
00:57:23Would you go and see for me?
00:57:24What?
00:57:24Would you try her, please?
00:57:25I really am worried.
00:57:27Please.
00:57:30All right.
00:57:33All right.
00:57:42I'll be right back.
00:58:24You were right.
00:58:27He does like wheels, mechanical things.
00:58:30he never seems to finish anything he starts though oh yes he does oh yes there's one thing
00:58:37he finishes well nothing to link him with it at all blind instinct note that lad you may lecture
00:58:47them at the college on it one day he's our man how do you know list of the tv sets
00:58:52he services
00:58:53look at the first address well that's the one the first girl was killed right look at that address
00:58:57where the other two guys were murdered come on we've got to check out every address on this list
00:59:31mrs marshall mrs marshall mrs marshall mrs marshall
00:59:58for pity's sake well i thought i thought why didn't you answer are you crazy
01:00:08or are you sick is that it mrs marshall what's the matter aren't you feeling well
01:00:16i'll get you a drink
01:00:20i don't think drinking's the cure for anything don't think that but it
01:00:23it used to help my mother some sometimes the occasional brandy
01:00:30you know your phone didn't go dead by accident
01:00:54you know your phone your phone is if you're in the car she's having a meeting
01:00:56oh
01:01:02mrs bluver Mrs bluver Mrs bluver
01:01:05ah
01:01:06oh
01:01:08oh
01:01:08oh
01:01:09oh
01:01:23Oh, my God.
01:01:55Oh, my God.
01:02:10Oh, my God.
01:02:11Come on.
01:02:17Oh, my God.
01:02:26Oh, my God.
01:02:33Oh, my God.
01:02:39Oh, my God.
01:02:42Oh, my God.
01:02:55Oh, my God.
01:03:18Oh, my God.
01:03:19Oh, my God.
01:03:31Mrs. Marshall.
01:03:33Mrs. Marshall.
01:03:37Oh, my God.
01:03:44Oh, my God.
01:03:47Oh, my God.
01:03:55Oh, my God.
01:04:10Oh, my God.
01:04:13Oh, my God.
01:04:17Oh, my God.
01:04:19Oh, my God.
01:04:22Oh, my God.
01:04:29Oh, my God.
01:04:31Oh, my God.
01:04:32Oh, my God.
01:04:39I told you
01:04:42You don't have to be frightened of me
01:04:45Not ever
01:04:47Not you
01:04:49You're not like the others
01:04:53You're like
01:04:55You're like her
01:04:57She was
01:04:58She was beautiful
01:04:59She was beautiful too
01:05:07You
01:05:08You shouldn't be here
01:05:12It's down
01:05:13You get cold
01:05:19Cold
01:05:35M.P. December 5
01:05:37Message time at 16
01:07:08And the brakes failed.
01:07:31It's not every day that a man opens his wife back from the dead.
01:07:39The car was almost cut in half, wasn't it?
01:07:54For pity's sake!
01:07:55Why didn't you answer?
01:07:58Are you crazy?
01:08:03No!
01:08:17No!
01:08:18No!
01:08:19No!
01:08:26No!
01:08:27No!
01:08:29No!
01:08:30No!
01:08:32No!
01:08:34No!
01:08:35No!
01:08:57Harry, be a darling and bring me some ice, will you?
01:09:34Message time at 16.
01:09:36I love you.
01:10:16I love you.
01:10:37I love you.
01:10:43I love you.
01:11:19I love you.
01:11:43I love you.
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